料峭春风ScalersTalk第四轮新概念朗读持续力训练Day1

练习材料

Lesson27(1) Nothing to selland nothing to buy

It has been said that everyone lives by selling something. In the light of this statement, teachers live by selling knowledge, philosophers by selling wisdom and priests by selling spiritual comfort.

Though it may be possible to measure the value of material goods in terms of money, it is extremely difficult to estimate the true value of the services which people perform for us. There are times when we would willingly give everything we possess to save our lives, yet we might grudge paying a surgeon a high fee for offering us precisely this service. The conditions of society are such that skills have to be paid for in the same way that goods are paid for at a shop. Everyone has something to sell.

Tramps seem to be the only exception to this general rule. Beggars almost sell themselves as human beings to arouse the pity of passers-by. But real tramps are not beggars. They have nothing to sell and require nothing from others. In seeking independence, they do not sacrifice their human dignity.

任务配置

L0+3

知识笔记

grudge  /ɡrʌdʒ/  不满

Tramps  /træmp/  流浪汉

练习感受

每天早上把头一天的内容，花半小时背下来，知识笔记以单词、词组、句型的方式整理归档在有道笔记，经常复习。

现在的内容越来越有深度，表达也越来越丰富多变了，跟着学，真好！